Nomination for First Congregational-Unitarian Church

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DATA SHEET, Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED MAY 2 8 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Church of Cincinnati AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Ist District - Willis Gradison - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE BUILDING(S) -WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION - IN PROCESS *YES: RESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 CODE Hamilton 061 DATE Cincinnati STATE COUNTY None ACCESSIBLE TITLE BOTH TRANSPORTATION CLASSIFICATION AGRICULTURE HISTORIC CATEGORY XRELIGIOUS PARK DISTRICT OWNERSHIP NAME STATUS PUBLIC STRUCTURE _EDUCATIONAL The Ohio The First Unitarian Church Congregation COURTHOUSE. Hamilton County Courthouse XPRIVATE Court and Main Streets The First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati _ENTERTAINMENT PH0368902 RECEIVED MAR 1 7 1976 _SCIENTIFIC _COMMERCIAL MILITARY _GOVERNMENT 536 Linton Street 2901 Reading Road - UNOCCUPIED - INDUSTRIAL _OBJECT _MUSEUM -SITE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The First Congregational-Unitarian -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL CHECK ONE DETERIORATED XORIGINAL SITE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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by Henry Fry and Frederick F.Eckstein, important local sculptors. CONDITION UNEXPOSED DATE UNALTERED DESCRIPTION MOVED XALTERED FAIR XXEXCELLENT surrounded by large stone voussoirs which creat a large rounded arch. sets of paired rectangular windows, capped with semi-circular windows on the facade.A small rectangular wing at the rear of the building A tall chimney is placed in the corner created by the intersection The roof is of a steep pitch and the gables, trimmed with stone, extend and a brick wing also at the rear, were added at a later date. The First Unitarian Church is a small building constructedof random The door is surrounded by an arch of stone voussoirs.Stone steps lead -RUINS - GOOD double door with rounded arch set left of the center axis of the facade. To the right of the entrance, in the window on the top. ashler with a high, coursed stone foundation.

The plan consists of a rectangular building intersected by a wing placed right of center slightly above the ridge of the roof. The facade has a large wooden up to this entrance. Two rectangular stained glass windows are placed surrounded by stone arches. The north end of the church has a large columns. center of the slightly projecting wing is a large window composed of The four lower windows are sparated by stone The interior sanctuary remains unaltered and contains-wood carvings four rectangular windows on the bottom and a large semi-circular window was designed by Frederick Wilson, a craftsman for Tiffany. aprominate stone lintel/sill.The upper window is divided into of the wing and main building. rose window dominated by the figure of Truth signed-by Tiffany.The The bottom windows are separated from the top window by AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE X ARCHITECTURE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _PHILOSOPHY - TRANSPORTATION _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES James C. Mc Laughlin STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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direction of officers of the American Unitarian Association, which was The architect, James C. Mc Laughlin, incorporated many of the characterist- random ashler, the modular effect of the two bisecting structural elements, MAD 17 1976 1889 1500-1599 1600-1699 ECONOMICS INVENTION BUILDER/ARCHITECT 1400-1499 PERIOD REGISTER SIGNIFICANCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC NATIONAL ART AGRICULTURE SCIENCE THEATER POLITICS/GOVERNMENT X1800-1899 XRELIGION RECEIVED MILITARY LITERATURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC The corporate existence of the Unitarian Church of Cincinnati dates from _COMMUNICATIONS Their very existence was a result of the spiritual revolts taking long association in this area. Cincinnati was one of the earliest locations of the First Congregational locations for the First Congregational Unitarian Church in this country. - EDUCATION of the Richardsonian style of architecture.

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT, all indicate an adept interpretation of Richardson's style _CONSERVATION 1900- the long passage on Sundays.In 1888 funds were established to build The structure is an excellent example of Mc Laughlin's interpretation Unitarian Chureh. the new church in the suburban area of Cincinnati. This building is the congregations oldest - ENGINEERING and in Milwaukee in 1842.Cincinnati was of the earliest _SCULPTURE - 1700-1799 - INDUSTRY _COMMERCE - MUSIC -LAW Pennsylvania, in 1825; in Cincinnati and Louisville in 1830; in Buffalo in the rounded arch windows with stone voussoirs, the extensive use of building was located at Fourth and Race Streets and is no longer standing. In 1867 a new church was erected at Plum and Eighth Streets. Beginning horsecars and only the most devoted church goers were willing to make 1830.

This uprising spread from the east coast ics of the Richardsonian style of architecture into this small building: place in American Protestantism. and involved the assertion of the right of new knowledge.Under the The land for the first church was bought from Isaac Condin in l829. in l884 the church began to lose support because of the steady migration formed in 1825,churches of liberal faith were startedin Meadville, surviving buiidingi in the city and is therefore a monument to their

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than l UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The First Unitarian Church is located on the northwest corner of Reading STATE - 1 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Margaret A. Sambi, Historian STREET & NUMBER 812 Dayton Street CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).

I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 COUNTY 6/5/75 CODE TELEPHONE Cincinnati ORGANIZATION None DATE 721-4506 NORTHING ZONE LOCAL ATTEST: Miami Purchase Association and Linton Roads. ZONE EASTING Ohio" Cincinnati, Ohio, 1917, pp.1-68. 14,31 3A 11,8,0 criteria and procetures setforth p the National, Park Service. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES SAPO Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN OTHER KEEPER HAER CONTROL TECHNICAL Inventory HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Re-submit Maps Property Review Ohio 5.

24.76 State National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF The First Congregational Unitarian Church of United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 3.24.76 Colz Entered MAY 281976 HAMILTON CO. OHIO PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER RSAMBI FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF CINCINNATI SEAST FACADE Title: NPS Number Loc. Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM MAY 2 8 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF 2901 Reading Road, Cincinnati PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO 3/14/75 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT.

GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Hamilton Peggy Sambi COUNTY STATE HISTORIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION NAME Ohio PHOTO CREDIT Miami Purchase Association The First Unitarian Congregational Church of Cincinnati Reading and Linton Streets. View is of the southeast corner of the church, located at the corner of NEGATIVE FILED AT DATE ENTERED PHOTO NO. RECEIVED MAR 1 7 1976 The First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. EAST FACADE LAMILTON CO OHIO PSAMBI Title: Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7%) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED MAR 17 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM BAY 2 8 1976 DATE ENTERED AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT.

GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO 3/14/75 Cincinnati LOCATION HISTORIC COUNTY IDENTIFICATION STATE NAME PHOTO CREDIT The First Unitarian Congregational Church of Cincinnati Peggy Sambi Miami Purchase Association Ohio NEGATIVE FILED AT SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Hamilton The First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF MAP REFERENCE DATE Photorevised 1970 4 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.

UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 Hamilton COUNTY NAME HISTORIC SOURCE SCALE STATE 1:24000 Ohio The First Unitarian Congregational Church of Cincinnati The First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati RECEIVED MAR 1 7 1976 DATE ENTERED U.S.G.S. Quadrangle 7½', " Cincinnati, East" DATE MAY 2 8 1976 CINCINNATI EAST, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CINCINNATI EAST QUADRANGLE OHIO-HAMILTON CO N3907.5W8422.5/7.5 UNITED STATES 4334180 Hon. John I. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. Willis D. Gradieon, Jr.

INT: 2950-75 Location STATE Auburn MMott/row Name 6/2/76 Director Cincinnati Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Regional Director,Midwest Region ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Geauga County First Congregational Unitarian Church Hamilton County Date Entered Free Will Baptist Church of Auburn The Chio Historical Society MAY 2 8 1976 Hon. Robert Taft, Jr.

OHIO (label role FEDERAL AGENCY: builder/contractor: DATES: NAMES: artist/artisan: personal institutional STATE PRIVATE events landscape/garden designer: interior decorator: appropriate date) ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: ETHNIC GROUP: LOCAL GOV"T COUNTY OTHER MUNICIPAL extant DATE(S)OF "MAJOR"ALTERATIONS: 1889-rrw VICINITY OF ADMINISTRATOR (underline)* FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : .Substant:ally intact-2 - unknown - 4 - not applicable - 7 -Interioz, exterior, environs not intact-o CONDITION - LORIGINAL SITE "only" YES IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: Saved ? FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE -CONSERVATION _LAW/Gov't/politics _SCIENCE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES "oldest2' YES FEATURES: Yes-unrestricted Claims MIDWEST planning EXCELLENT DATE: ART INVENTION INTERIOR ENGINEERING -settlement -socio/cultural MAY 2 8 1976 historic district?

MOVED -recreation -Reconstructed LOCATION: ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _TRANSPORTATION -entertainment Reviewer -COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? _UNEXPOSED MUSIC PACIFIC NORTHWEST SIGNIFICANCE: ARCHEOLOGY.PREHISTORIC - DETERIORATED No access _COMMERCE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT. _EXPLORATION -EDUCATION -ECONOMICS _Unexcavated -PHILOSOPHY UNALTERED -LITERATURE OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) -health INDUSTRY CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT Ist STATE ORi NPS REGION: (CIRCLE) then- / _.

unknown -6 -GOOD code DOE OTHER PRIVATE AGRICULTURE SOUTHEAST ENVIRONS _FAIR ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: personal builder/contractor: artist/artisan: DATES: OTHER NAMES: STATE institutional PRIVATE events appropriate date) interior decorator: landscape/garden designer: COM MENTS: (include architectural information here) FEDERAL AGENCY: ETHNIC GROUP: LOCAL GOV"T COUNTY MUNICIPAL